Light echo from Supernova 1987A
eso_eso8802a March 16th, 1988
Credit: ESO
A double light echo from Supernova 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) was observed on February 13, 1988 with the ESO 3.6 m telescope and the EFOSC instrument (observer: Dr. Michael Rosa). The light echoes are reflections in interstellar clouds in the LMC of the light from the bright supernova explosion, first observed on February 23, 1987.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso8802a/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso8802a
- Subject Category
- C.3.1.8
- Subject Name
- SN 1987A
- Credits
- ESO
- Release Date
- 1988-03-16T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso8802a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- ESO 3.6-metre telescope
- Instrument
- EFOSC
- Color Assignment
- Grayscale
- Band
- Optical
- Bandpass
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- Equinox
- Reference Value
- Reference Dimension
- 1764.0, 1293.0
- Reference Pixel
- Scale
- Rotation
- Coordinate System Projection:
- Quality
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- European Southern Observatory
- URL
- http://www.eso.org/
- Name
- Zeutschel Omniscan 11
- Telephone
- Address
- Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
- City
- Garching bei München
- State/Province
- Postal Code
- D-85748
- Country
- Germany
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Publisher
- European Southern Observatory
- Publisher ID
- eso
- Resource ID
- eso8802a
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso8802a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2009-12-10T20:09:38+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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